Digital competition law needs rethink: USIBC The US-India Business Council (USIBC), which has Google, Amazon and Apple as members, has asked the Indian government to rethink its plan to have a EU-like competition law. In its letter to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, USIBC said India’s draft Digital Competition Bill is “much further in scope” than the European Union’s stringent Digital Markets Act 2022 chennai l wednesday l may 29, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 18 l late city EDITION CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI PM to meditate at Vivekananda Rock Memorial E x p r e s s Ne w s Se r v i c e @ Kanniyakumari / Chennai After an intense and prolonged campaign for the Lok Sabha elections and ahead of the results, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will delve deep into meditation at the ‘dhyana mandapam’ of the Vive k a n a n d a Rock Memorial located on a rock around 400 metres off the Kanniyakumari coast for over 45 hours (May 30 evening to June 1 evening). The rock is surrounded by the Laccadive Sea where the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean, and the Arabian Sea meet. Sources said that PM will meditate day and night at the same spot where Swami Vivekananda is believed to have meditated decades ago. Continued on p7 with this issue TAMIL NADU | MAY 2024 | 52 PAGES LEAD THROUGH KNOWLEDGE 52 Pages Special Booklet Cyclone Remal wreaks havoc, kills 31 in N-E Multiple landslides take Mizoram toll to 27 P r a s a n ta M a z u m d a r @ Guwahati Cyclone Remal wreaked havoc in parts of the Northeast on Tuesday, killing at least 31 people in Mizoram, Meghalaya and Assam. The rains, which were accompanied by gusty winds, uprooted trees, electric poles, triggered landslides and disrupted power and inter net services. There is no power in parts Assam and Mizoram since Monday midnight. With 27 confirmed deaths in four landslides, Mizoram was the worst affected. Locals said there had been a series of incidents of landslides and the toll could go up further. Fourteen people were killed when a stone quarry collapsed at a place between Melthum and Hlimen on the outskirts of the state capital Aizawl. Five locals and 2-3 non-locals were reported missing after the collaspse. Landslides elsewhere killed 13 people — Hlimen (4), Salem (3), Falkawn (2), Lungsei (1), Kelsih (1) and Aibawk (2). The state gover nment said it would be difficult to say how many people were missing after the incidents. Aizawl and its surrounding areas are vulnerable to land- T20 World Cup ticket for even India-Pak match still available s w a r o o p s w a m i n at h a n @ Chennai THE International Cricket Council (ICC) may have a new problem in their hands. There are only three days to go for the opening night of the T20 World Cup — one of the governing body’s flagship white-ball properties — but a lot of tickets are still up for grabs. While the ICC, in a statement in March, said that “more than three million ticket applications were received during the ballot”, tickets for all games are still available on the official website. This includes the India vs Pakistan match, scheduled to be played at the Nassau County Inter- e x pre s s re a d Blackout of nat’l freedom movement in syllabi: Guv A car damaged after a shed fell on it following Cyclone Remal’s landfall in Guwahati on Tuesday | PTI slides, primarily because of “loose” soil, the locals said. Chief Minister Lalduhoma announced ex-gratia of `4 lakh each for the next of kin of those who died. The state government had ordered the closure of all government offices on Tuesday except those rendering essential services. Three persons were killed in Assam and one in Meghalaya. A wall collapsed in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, killing one person. Four others were injured in a landslide in the district. In Assam, the deaths occurred in Kamrup, Kamrup (Metro) and Morigaon districts. Nilgiris: Governor R N Ravi on Tuesday expressed concern over alleged “distortions” in the syllabi of the BA and MA courses in History and Political Science in state universities, and claimed that the curriculum was loaded with Dravidian movement stories. There is “a total blackout of the national freedom movement in the syllabus,” Ravi claimed | P4 ECI suspends special secretary in Odisha CMO Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday suspended ADG-ranked IPS officer D S Kutey, who served as the Special Secretary to Odisha Chief Minister’s Office for interfering with the ongong elections. The poll body said the action was aimed at maintaining a level playing field and ensuring fairness in the poll process | P7 national Cricket Stadium in New York on Sunday . While the cheapest tickets for that match have been sold out ($300 if you are wondering), packages worth an eye-popping $10,000 (`8.3 lakh) have not found many takers. The perks for this ticket includes free parking, pitch report 15 minutes before the start of the game as well as a private champagne with lunch while taking part in an analysis of the game by a cricketing legend. Most of the tickets for other ties, too, are yet to find takers. Not just India’s, even tickets for the Australia versus England match are available. P13 External and internal challenges keep Chandigarh candidates on their toes HAR P R E E T B A J WA @ Chandigarh For voters of Chandigarh constituency Lok Sabha polls , mean a familiar face or two on the ballot. But it is an entirely different scenario this time as there are no repeat candidates. Congress leader and former Union minister Manish Tewari, who is contesting from Chandigarh for the first time, is pitted against the BJP’s Sanjay Tandon, who is eyeing his Parliament debut from this seat. To field Tewari, the Congress has benched former Union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, who was the party’s Chandigarh candi- date in the past four elections. The BJP too, has dropped sit, ting MP Kirron Kher, who has represented the seat twice. Tewari, 58, hopes to spoil the BJP’s chances with the support of the AAP whereas Tandon, 60, believes his ‘local man’ status will help him. Manish Tewari (L), Sanjay Tandon Illustration: Mandar Pardikar Tandon is the former chief of BJP’s Chandigarh unit. As the fight gets fiercer, both have a common problem to deal with — bickering in their respective camps. Denying ticket to Bansal caused a mini revolt in the Congress with many local leaders resigning. They were triggered after Congress’s Chandigarh unit chief H S Lucky allegedly mocked Bansal on the ticket issue. For the record, Bansal maintains he is a Congress loyalist but is hardly seen campaigning for Tewari. All is not well with the BJP either as former MP Satya Pal Jain, who was keen to contest again from Chandigarh, is hardly campaigning for Tandon.
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